#Bullion

[kedreeva]

Preserving foods for later- dark sweet cherries and chicken bullion.

[chasingrainbowsforever]

~ Gold ~

[gentlemanmotorslifestyle]

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[158590]

[antihose]

[nopizzaaftermidnight]

[purplealbumoftheday]

today's purple album of the day is: Affection by Bullion!

[adriantheanimator09]

WORDGIRL ALBUM COVER RECREATION:

Millencolin “Life On A Plate” (1996)

(I know 90% of Wordgirl Fans don’t know who Millencolin are)

[srkizer]

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[chasingrainbowsforever]

~ Silver and Gold ~

[groovesnjams]

"Rare" by Bullion ft. Carly Rae Jepsen

MG:

I'm kinda halfway on CRJ these days. After seeing her live what feels like countless times, her audience is annoying. And more and more her music feels retrofitted to entertain a midsize crowd prone to shrieking. The subtle touches I used to hear are rinsed away in the humidity of an unventilated ballroom, her stage is a generic zoom backdrop used to hide the unsightliness of a poorly decorated room. But I love her on "Rare," shielded by Bullion from the wayward decision making inevitable when you write 200 songs for a 12 track album. I don't feel like Carly has a shtick so much as an inability to stick the landing, but Bullion is extremely devoted to his Oliver Peoples round frame glasses, J. Crew oversized turtleneck, Ralph Lauren pleated khakis, sophisticated-emotional-80's thing. Together they are enchanting! Ever the vulnerable one, Carly sighs and whispers while Bullion is restrained and uptight. Their duet is a classic rom com setup complete with a synth bridge.

DV:

After we had a truly awful experience seeing her at the Aragon (Chicago's shittiest venue, hate you forever, see you in less than a week for Pulp but then please crumble to dust) I feel like I've retained more positive feelings toward Carly than MG. But I do also wonder why her post-Emotion work has sometimes struggled to capture the magic of that album. I wonder if her features are the key: years ago, I mentioned how her "maturing ability as a stylist/vocalist is maybe the lone underemarked part of her post-”Call Me Maybe” evolution." That's held up; she remains a fascinating feature singer regardless of the material because she imbues it with an unmistakably personal sense of depth. But with this polish has come the risk of a mannered approach that lacks the go-for-broke intensity of "Your Type", not to mention "Run Away With Me." She's an clever songwriter and an increasingly skilled performer, and that combination sometimes means the artifice shows.

One of the ways I think Carly's managed to periodically side-step this pitfall is by finding collaborators with strong visions of their own, ones that push her into idioms she might not explore otherwise (and not just with features; I'd argue this is why the Rostam songs are the highlight of the Loneliest/Loveliest period.) "Rare" isn't her best post-Emotion feature, but I agree with MG that it works. It's Carly as we wouldn't hear her on album, buried and breathy. A special effect, not the main plot, and possible to treasure because of that shift in focus. "Rare" is a reminder that even if we're feeling a little burned out on Carly at the moment, she remains a uniquely complex figure in the modern pop landscape.